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)UNITED STATES Pa'raN'r'- OFFICE RALPH W. WALLACE, F JONSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA TOILET CABINET Application led September 17, 1928. Serial No. 806,446.

By way of explanation, it may be stated the precise embodiment of the invention that when a bathroom is installed, according herein disclosed, may be made within the to the present ractice, it is necessary to rely scope of what is claimed, without departing upon several ierent trades: thus, in addifrom the spirit of the invention.

tion to the lumber who is the mechanic pri- In the accompanying drawings 55 marily in c arge of the work, the carpenter, Figure 1 shows in vertical section a device the lather, the plasterer, the tiler, the painter, constructed in accordance with the invention; the paper hanger, and even the bricklayer, Figure 2 is a horizontal transverse section; must have their part in the job. This being Fi re 3 is a detail enlarged from Figure 2,

understood, it may be stated that this invenand s owing the top of the cabinet or bath- 60 tion aims to provide a device which can be room; completed, as to finish, in a factory, and be Figure 4 is a horizontal section showing` a set up in short time, by the plumber alone, it modification; being unnecessary to make demands on the Figure 5 is a vertical section of the strucsupplemental trades above mentioned, with ture depicted in Figure 4, o5 correspondingly increased cost. Referring especially to Figures 1, 2, and 3,

The invention aims to provide a two-part the bathroom or cabinet formin the sub'ect toilet cabinet, having one compartment for matter of this application inclu es a hollow the pipes, couplings, and the like, and another bottom 1 having a hollow upstanding rim compartment for the toilet appliances, such 2, within which is located a iller 3. The 70 as the washboard, closet, and the like, the parts 1 and 2 preferably are made of sheet partition between the compartments, consti-` metal, and the filler 3 ma be wood or any tuting means for carrying the toilet appliother materlal, or composition of materials, ances, adequate provision being made for found expedient, one of the objects being to ingress, egress, light, and air. provide a filler which will act as a sound 75 The invention aims to provide a device of insulator sothat persons outside of the cabithe class described having a novel insertable net cannot too plainly hear every sound made door and frame, a false wall to conceal the inside of it. The Sheet metal and ller conpipe and the connections, a drain within the struction iscarried out through the side walls oor,`a sectional encasement for toilet fixtures of the cabinet, and the `top of the cabinet is 90 and piping and adjustable frame moulding made of sheet metal. With a view to avoidfor various ceiling heights, and to providey ing needless repetition, the structural pecua toilet cabinet having walls which are of liarities of the walls will not be alluded to in double shell water proof construction and detail. y

.capable of being ornamented in any desired The cabinet comprises lower wall sections 85 way. Another object of the invention is to 4, 5, V6, and 7, supported on the u standin provide a bathroom or toilet cabinet of such rim 2 of the bottom 1, the wall sect1ons 4 an construction that it can be cut by the plumber 5 being at right angles to each other, wall with a blow-torch to meet the requirements of section 7 being parallel to wall section 5 and the building in which it is to be used. l the wall section 6 being parallel to the wall 9 It is within the province of the disclosure section 4 as shown in Figure 2. Suppleto improve generally and to enhance the mental wall sections 8 are disposed in the utility of devices of that type to which the same plane with the wall sections and 7 invention appertains. and extend backwardly to the wall section 6.

lVith the above and other objects in view, The numeral 9 marks the lower member of a 95 which will appear as the description'proceeds, false wall or partition, which abuts against the invention resides in the combination and the wall section 5, near to the forward edge arrangement of parts and in the details of one of the supplemental sections 8, as of construction hereinafter described and shown in Figure 2. The op osite vertical claimed, it'be'ing understood that changes in edge of the lower member 9 o the false wall 10 or partition extends between the rear edge of the wall section 7 and the forward edge of the Wall section 8, as shown in Fi ure 2. A fish plate 69 overlaps the outer ed e of the wall 9. The wall arts hereinbefore escribed and those herea ter mentioned are held together in any suitable way, for instance, by angle brackets 15 and securing elements 16. The securing elements 16 may be used for a variety of purposes. For instance, some of them hold the fish late 69 in place, and others of them hold) an angular finishing piece in lace, as depicted 1n Figure 2. A closet 25, aving a door 26, may be held against the wall section 7 on one side by securing a device 27 and on the opposite side by certain other securing elements 16, as shown in Figure 2.'

The cabinet in ay be made of any desired height, and for this purpose, upper sections are disposed above the wall sections 4, 5, 6, and 7, and abovethe false wall or partition 9. Referring to Figure 1, an upper wall section 10 is disposed above the partition 9, an upper wall section 11 is disposed above the wall section 5, and a wall section 12 is disposed above the wall section 7, the members 10, 11, and 12 being illustrative of all vof the upper wall sections. The closet 25 extends up on the upper wall section 12 as Figure 1 will show. The line of juncture between the upper and lower wall sections is concealed by a molding 14 extended around the inside of the cabinet and secured to both the upper wall sections, and the lower Wall sections.

Sometimes, but not of necessity, the cabinet is fitted into a corner in a lroom formed by partitions 17, as shown in Figure 1, the cabinet resting on the floor 18. A drain 19 extends downwardly through the bottom 1 of the base of the cabinet, and through the Hoor 18. The toilet appliances (not shown) preferably are supported on the false wall or partition 9. The partition 9 divides compartment 20, in which the toilet appliances (not shown) such as the washbowl, the closet, and the like, are contained, and behind the partition 9 there is a compartment 21, adapted to house the piping, connections, a'nd the like, which should not, of course, be exposed in a bathroom. A removable panel 22 is mounted in the false wall 9 and is held thereon as shown in 23.

A similar panel 71 is detachably secured as shown at 2 in one of the supplemental wall sections 8. In the event that it is desired to gain access to the compartment 21, whilst the compartment 2O is in use, the panel 71 may be removed: but if for any other reason the operator prefers to enter the compartment 21 from the compartment 20, then the panel 22 is removed: and there is no reason why both of the panels 22 and 71 cannot be removed at once should the operator find it convenient to do so. Access is had tothe @Ommaman partment 20 by means of a door 24 which is ingedl mounted on the wall section 4: althou desire i A means is Iprovided whereby the `top of the cabinet may c adjusted vertically so that it will fit up a ainst the ceiling of the room in which the ca inet is mounted. With this con'- sideration in mind, there is provided an inverted trough shaped s'ocket 28 which extends entirely around the upper edge of the wall of the cabinet and receives the upper edge of the wall of the cabinet as shown in Figure 1. One side member 33 of the socket 28, reversely curved at 29 to form a forwardly and outwardly extended flan e 30, which may be secured at 3l to the cei ing 32. The flange 30 extends along two sides of the cabinet, only, the flange being omitted on the remaining two sides, as shown at 34 in Figure 1, so as to enable the cabinet to fit u corner formed by the parutions 17, as appears in Figure 2, over-hanging fiange 36 aving an operator 37 across which extends a closure plate 38 held in place by securing devices 39 which extend upwardly into the ceiling 32. It will be clear that the socket 28 can be adjusted up and down on the walls of the cabinet depending on the height of the ceiling 32 and then being held in place by the securing device-39.

The numeral 40 marks a window frame comprising cooperating parts41 and42 having fianges 43 that over-lap the wall section 5, and the outer surface of one of the partitions 17. A securing device, such as bolts 44, en-l gage the ianges 43 and hold the constituent parts 41 and 42 of the window frame 40 in place in the said partition 17 and in the wall section 5. A window frame may be located wherever desired, and any wall or Window may be placed in it.

the doorcanY be rotated whereverv snugly in the The device is simple in construction, and

it comprises a Ametallic bathroom or toilety cabinet which may be finished in the shop, it being possible for the plumber to set up the cabinet wherever desired, Without going outside of his own trade for assistance. At

resent, the construction of a bathroom in a iiouse is a building operation of considerable magnitude and diiiculty: whereas the device forming the subject matter of this application can be installed almost like a piece of furniture. If the device is used as a bathroom, the garments of the bather may be placed in closet 25 and will be kept. dry, no*

matter how much the water is splashed about either from a tub or from a shower, and the Water will run away through the drain 19. the tub always being kept in a clean and sanitary condition and it being possible to wash down the inside of the cabinet as often as desired.

In the modification shown in Figures 4 and 5, th ri are provided wall sections 45, 46, 47,

and 48, as shown in Figure 4, these wall sections being of the hollow bottom metal construction hereinbefore described. The false wall or partition is shown at 49. The number 50 marks a hollow bottom, which has an upstanding rim 51. The wall sections have a depending lip 52 which overlaps the tiling on the floor 54, should a tiling be used. The drain appears at 55. The top 56 of the cabinet is of the vertically adjustable type hereinbefore described and delineated in detail in Figure 3. The compartment for the bathtub, wash bowl, or other toilet appliances (not shown) is shown at 57, and the compartment for the piping and connections is shown at 58. The false wall or partition. 49 carries a removable panel 59 which gives access to the compartment 58. The partitions that form a corner in the building, are shown at 60 and 61. The constituent members of the toilet cabinet may be held together by angle members 62, and securing devices as hereinbefore explained. There is a door 73 in the wall section 45, and the wall section 45 mav carrIzy a closet 74 provided with a hinged door The rear wall section 48 does not extend entirely across the back of the cabinet, but terminates, as shown at 76 in Figure 4, about mid-way between the walls 46 and 47 of the cabinet, the false wall or partition 49 having an extension 63 that is prolonged back to the inner edge of the wall section 48. Numeral 64 designates an auxiliary Wall section that occupies the space between the inner edge of the wall section 48 and the inner edge of the wall section 46.

The auxiliary section 64 does not extend down to the level of the wall 50, but the same distance above the wall 50 is horizontally extended as shown in 65, the partition 65 having a vertical partition 66 that extends down, in the same plane with the false wall 49, the partition 66 having its lip 77 to over-hang the tiling 53 like the lip 52. The construction is such that above the horizontal partition 65 and between the extension '63 and the wall section 46, there is formed an offsetchamber 67 in which the window frame 68 is located. The advantage of having this offset chamber 67 is two-fold. First, it forms a place where the wash bowl, or any other `similar appliances may be located: and secondly, it permits the window frame 68 to be located in the position shown in Figure 4, without having the window frame in the form of a long tube, as would be the case if the window frame had to extend clear across the compartment 58 from the wall 48 through the partition 49.

The advantages hereinbefore set forth in connection with that form of the invention which is shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3 inhere l in the form that is shown in Figures 5 and 4.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A toilet cabinet comprising side walls, and an inverted trough shaped socket slidable for adjustment on the upper edges of the side walls, the socket having an inwardly extended over-hanging flange provided with an opening, a closure for the opening, and securing elements engaged with the closure and extended beyond the flange, into engagement with the ceiling of a room, thereby to hold the closure, the socket, and the flange against downward movement.

2. A toilet cabinet having a partition dividing the cabinet into a compartment for toilet fixtures and a compartment for the pipes and connections of the fixtures, the partition having an angularly disposed extension which cooperates with one wall of the cabinet, and a supplemental wall extended between the aforesaid wall and one corner of the cabinet, the supplemental wall having a horizontally extended portion at the forward edge of which there is a depending part that is prolonged downwardly toward the bottom of the cabinet, thereby to form, in one corner of the cabinet, a supplemental compartment of less height than the cabinet.

3. A toilet cabinet having a partition dividing the cabinet into a compartment for toilet fixtures and a compartment for the` pipes and connections of the fixtures, the partition having an angularly disposed extension which cooperates with one Wall of the cabinet, and a supplemental wall extended between the aforesaid wall and one corner of the cabinet, the supplemental wall having a horizontally extended portion at the forward edge of which there is a depending part that is prolonged downwardly toward the bottom of the cabinet, thereby to form, in one corner of the cabinet, a supplemental compartment of less height than the cabinet, and a window frame in the supplemental wall and affording light to the supplemental compartment.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature.

RALPH W. WALLACE. 

